Land Use and Land Cover Change 2000-2016 in Mozambique

<p>This&nbsp;repository includes land use and land cover maps of Mozambique for 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2016 years.</p> <p>The methodology is based on remote sensing methodology and include satellite image collection and compositing (annual cloud-free and shadow free Landsat images for 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2016),&nbsp; delineation of a large collection of training plots based on National Land Cover Classification system level 1, supervised classification using a machine learning algorithm (Random Forest) and post-processing steps.</p> <p>The LULCC map for 2016&nbsp; show area statistics of 45.0% (35.8 Mha) of dry forest, 37.0% (29.3 Mha) of grassland and fallow, 13.7% (10.8 Mha) of cropland 2.0% (1.6 Mha) of wetlands, 1.3% (1 Mha) of other categories (rocks, sands, or bare soils), 0.3% (271,000 ha) of Mangroves, and 0.1% (673.1 ha) of urban areas. The deforestation over the 2000-2016 period is estimated to have been 207,272 ha per year.</p> <p>The methodology and statistics are presented in the report included in this repository. Theses maps are outputs from the study &quot;An Analysis of Land Use Changes and Land Degradation in Mozambique&quot; conducted by Nitidae and CIRAD in the LAUREL project.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>